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To: Lane3 who wrote (4466)	2/19/2005 2:09:54 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 7936

The "less legitimate" line might be about the best practice but the sentence that precedes it "I think each person should be able to have input on the government that will be over him or her.", seems to be an argument that it is wrong. Perhaps not a very developed argument, but its only one sentence not a book. If your not allowed to vote than government is just a power over you, not something that you have a hand in determining. Maybe we should reconsider some of our felonies so that the line of demarcation between misdemeanors and felonies will be more meaningful. Might be a good idea but I can't think of anything specific right now. Another point is that some crimes shouldn't even be crimes IMO. Tim

To: Lane3 who wrote (4466)	3/16/2005 5:45:10 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7936

Is Gender-Based Pricing Fair? Wed Mar 16, 9:26 AM ET Add to My Yahoo! Oddly Enough - Reuters TORONTO (Reuters) - Most women, accustomed to paying more than men for goods and services like clothes and hair cuts, simply shrug it off as part of life, but an Ontario legislator hopes to end all that. Lorenzo Berardinetti wants to brand so-called gender-based pricing a human rights violation and he has introduced a bill in the Ontario legislature to make the practice illegal. Berardinetti said on Tuesday he was shocked when he and his wife took clothes to a dry cleaners and she ended up paying more for similar items. "I get charged one price and she gets charged another price for virtually the same material," he said. Berardinetti said that opened his eyes to an experience women have long learned to deal with, namely higher prices for clothes, shoes, hair cuts and other services. "The bill would ... amend the human rights code in Ontario to make gender pricing discriminatory and it would also allow for penalties to be levied from C$2,000 to C$5,000," he said. The bill -- "An Act to Prohibit Price Discrimination on the Basis of Gender" -- will be debated in the legislature in April in the second phase of a four-stage process toward a bill making its way into law. If it passes a final third reading, royal assent then sees it written into law. story.news.yahoo.com